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PATENTED JUNE 12 G. A. SCHUBERT.

TRUNK.

APPLIUATIoN FILED Nov. 4. 1965.

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No. 823,140. PATBNTBD JUNE ,12, 1906.

G. A. SGHOBERT.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1905.

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'UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGEA. SCHGBER'T, @Ff-RACINE, WISCONSIN.

"Specification ofLetters Patent.

'ratented June 12, 1906.

vApplication filed November 4, 1905. Serial No. 285,914.

VBeit known that I, GEORGE A.-SCHOBERT,

.alcitizen of the United-States, residing-atfRacine, Iin the -county of Racine i and4 State of vVliscon-sin, yhave :invented 4 certain :new and useful Improvements in Trunks; :andl do lid-and locked inanovel manner, so thataccessfmay be'had to-theiinterior ofltheftru'nk.

With theabove and I other obj ects in -view the-invention-consistsof a traywhich is-detachably -mounted iupon supporting-strips which are connected to the trunk-.lid and: are

\ 4mounted upon linksconnected to the tru-nkbody. These strips and links are so disposed that-when the'lid-is raisedthe tray is carried upward out of the body b the vstrips and swung backwardiinto thelid A drawer is supported .in-,the lower portion of the tray and is adapted to project backward therefrom, so that the entire tray may be swung upward, if desired, when the trunk is opened and the drawer slid downward into engagement with the trunk-body and lock the tray in raised position. A

The invention also consists of certain other novel features of construction and combination of parts, the preferred form whereof will be hereinafter more clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings l have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the closed trunk and showing the tray in end elevation. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the trunk open. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the trunk and tray when in the position shown in Fig. 2, the lid being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 and showing the tray locked in an upright position. Fig. 5 is a section on line Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a section on line y y, Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the body of a trunk having a lid :manner to -one side of the tray 12. socket hasra slot 131extending`vertically and Iof sufficient size to receive the collar 7.

' 2 hinged -theretorin the ordinarymanner, and eextending upward from the ends of body 1 are links 3, whicharepivoted at one end to the trunkbody and at the otherl end tosupporting-strips 4. vThese supporting-strips 4 are pivotally connectedto the lid 2by means of pins 5,A and the pivot-pin 6,'which connects each supporting-strip 4 with its link 3, has a collar 7 and ahead 8 at'its inner'end. 'Another pin 9, whichis similar in constructlon :to pin =6, extends sinwardly from each-sup- -pprting-stripnear its pivot 5. Theheady 8 of pin 6 is adapted to project into a socket =10, formednfa plate 11, secured in anysuitable This M other-.plate 14, constructed similarlytozplate 11,is securedto each end of the'tray 12,.near the rear thereof; but the slot of theV socket in lthis plateiis-.disposed horizontallyzinstead of -ve1tically,\as is the'slotiin .plate 11. The socket'in the plate 14 is adapted `to receive the head of the pin 9. The bottom of the tray 12 is located adjacent the center thereof,

;as shownl at 15 and at thelower edges of the end walls of the tray are disposed cleats l16,

which support a drawer 17. Thisdrawer is slightly longerfrom front to rear than the -tray,.and its-ends are beveled, and the front 'endhas laterally-eXtending-wings .18 forlimiting the rearward movement of the drawer. Each link 3 and strip 4 are so disposed in relation to each other that the supportingstrips 4 are maintained at all times in horizontal positions. When the trunk is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, the tray rests close to the front wall thereof, while the rear end of the drawer contacts with the opposite wall of the trunk-body 1. When the lid 2 is raised, it pulls the links 3 and the supporting-strips 4 upward and backward, and therefore the rear end of the drawer 17 is pressed forward by reason of its contacting with the rear wall of the trunk-body, while at the same time the tray is carried backward and upward. The entire tray will be swung from the rear edge of the trunk-body, and its rear end will be moved into the lid, as shown in Fig. 2, and in the meantime the drawer 17 is pushed forward from the front of the tray, so that the same can be conveniently grasped and pulled open. The backward movement of the tray and the lid is limited by ears 19, which are formed upon the ends of the strips 4 and overlap the links 3. Should it be desired to IIO remove the tray, it is merely necessary to first lift the front portion thereof, so that the plates 11 will be disengaged from pins 6, after which the tray can be pulled forward to disengage it from the rear pins 9.

In order to allow of better access to the in terior of the trunk-body, the tray can be swung upward in the lid, as shown in Fig. 4. This is done by simply swinging it backward on the plates 14 and pins 9 anda allowing the rear end of the drawer 17 to drop downward and overlap and engage the rear wall of the trunk-body. The entlre tray is thus locked in raised position and cannot be lowered eX- cept by pulling the drawer upward, so as to disengage its rear end from the trunk-body. When the trunk is closed, the vertically-projecting portion of the drawer 17 will come in contact with the front wall of the body 1, and as the tray descends into its lowered position the tray will be shoved backward into the position disclosed in Fig. 1.

It will be seen that this trunk is very sirnple and compact in construction, and as there are veryr few parts employed in the mechanism for raising and locking the tray there is practically nothing to get out of order.

If desired, the lower tray or drawer can be dispensed with, and in that event the single tray can be held in a raised position by swinging it up and back into the cover 2 and past its center of gravity, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a ltrunk having a movable lid, of a tray, means interposed between the trunk and lid for movably supporting the tray, said tray being pivotally mounttrunk and support the tray in raised position.

3. -The combination with a trunk having a movable lid, of a tray within the trunk, means operated by the lid for raising the tray, and a drawer supported by the tray and adapted to contact with opposite walls of the trunk when the tray is raised or lowered and to be shifted backward and forward thereby.

4. The combination with a trunk having a movable lid, of a tray within the trunk, means operated by the lid for raising or-lowering the tray, said tray being pivotally mounted upon said means, and a drawer mounted within the tray and adapted to engage the trunk to hold the tray in raised position.

5. The combination with a trunk having a movable lid, of supporting-strips pivoted to the lid, links pivoted to the trunk and strips, the ends of said strips having lateral extensions adapted to overlap the links and limit the movement of the lid, a tray, sockets secured upon the tray and socket-engaging devices extending from the supporting-strips.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A soHoBERT.

/Vitnesses:

CHRISTIAN SoHoBERT, CARL G. TRUELZsoH. 

